![]() ![]() helter-skelter, hanky-panky, roly-poly, willy-nilly, hocus-pocus), coupling "jibber" and "jabber" would have been a natural formation at any time in the last 400 years, and it may have been commonplace for many years before it finally appeared in print. Given English-speakers' love of reduplicated words (e.g. gabble, yabber, gab, jabble.) The earliest sighting of "jibber-jabber" recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary is in 1922, but that doesn't mean that was "the year it first appeared". (There are a number of similar words in English all meanig much the same thing - e.g. "Jibber" (spelt "gibber") was used by Shakespeare "jabber" is recorded in 1499. Jibber-jabber is a coupling of "jibber" and "jabber", which are themselves variants of the same onomatopoeic verb meaning "To speak rapidly and inarticulately to chatter, talk nonsense". : Not having even the 'foggiest' idea is having no idea at all not even a badly formed, undefined one. : As for the second part, something that is 'foggy' is unclear, hard to discern - for fairly obvious reasons - so a foggy idea (if such a phrase existed) would be a vague one. VINTAGE ERTL 1994 RARE Mrs Jibba Jabba Jibber Jabber Doll Plush Toy Purple Hair 29.99 + 10.70 shipping Vintage ERTL 1994 Jibba Jabba Jibber Jabber Red Mohawk Toy 30.00 + 9. In my imagination it looks something like this.Look at meaning | look at sentences | Common English Idioms #shorts I need to know what the seven ways to react positively to a child are rather than shaking them till they shut up. ERTL 1994 Jibba Jabba Jibber Jabber Doll 15' WORKS RAC87 Pre-Owned 64.99 or Best Offer +18.05 shipping Sponsored Vintage ERTL 1994 Jibba Jabba Jibber Jabber Shake Doll 15' WORKS Rare Pre-Owned 49.99 Buy It Now Free shipping Sponsored Vintage ERTL 1994 Jibba Jabba Jibber Jabber Blue Mohawk Noisy Toy Doll 15' Blue Pre-Owned 24. I searched everywhere trying to find that pamphlet. But you know what’s not fun? Shaking babies.” But Ertl bowed to the pressure and was like, “Jibba Jabber is for fun. If I was Ertl I would have have told them they were morons and to fuck off. It feels like there should be an anti in there somewhere at the very least. ![]() First, I had no idea that there was a US Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect. The pamphlet lists seven ways to react positively to a child rather than resorting to violence. When Ertl was told about Shaken Baby Syndrome, the company responded, as reported by the US Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, by “plac an insert in Jibba Jabber packaging explaining that while Jibba Jabber is for fun, a lethal form of child abuse involves the shaking of babies. The distinguishing property of the Jibba Jabber was the distinct ‘choking’ or ‘strangling’ sound (resembling a groan tube) made by the wobbling head when shaken. Jibba Jabber was a doll made by the toy company Ertl in the mid-1990s. This is directly from the Jibba Jabba Wikipeda page. I started wondering of the origin of this seemingly stupid toy. ![]() So I went on Ebay and got a new one for forty five bucks.” Rick explained. After three years it was more dog slobber than toy. Then two decades later the dog fell in love with it. When my ex-wife started yelling at me I’d shake it at her and piss her off. “I found the first Jibba Jabber in a 99 cent store in 1998. ![]()
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